diff --git a/apps/face_detection/BUILD b/apps/face_detection/BUILD
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+# TODO(lekva): figure out how to build py_binary with pip dependencies and
+# migrate off of shell script running docker build
+sh_binary(
+	name = "container",
+	srcs = ["container.sh"],
+	data = glob(["*.py"]) + [
+	     "Dockerfile",
+	     "haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml",
+	],
+	deps = [
+	     "@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles",
+	],
+)